The Suzuki Ecstar team completed the day of official IRTA test in Jerez de la Frontera on Monday, with three riders at their disposal.
Andrea Iannone, Takuya Tsuda and Sylvain Guintoli were all aboard the factory GSX-RR's for what was a positive day.
The team's engineers could revise the feedback collected in the first four races of the season to date and tested a lot of things in the setup and electronics.
Andrea Iannone completed a total of 92 laps, his fastest time set on the last lap of the day, to finish thirteenth overall with a 1:39.654, a second off the front running pace set by Maverick Vinales.
“We could focus on many different setup configurations and I'm pretty satisfied because we could find a positive direction to continue the development,” the Italian said. “My feeling is that this one has been one of the most positive tests I've ever done with Suzuki, it's been very intense and productive, we really tested so many things and I'm satisfied.”
“We could explore new configurations with the balance of the bike that made me feel more confident. Also, we tried the Michelin front tyre: I like it, although to be honest I was expecting a bigger improvement. I feel better, but not that much better.”
“We are also working on the electronics but we need some patience, for the moment we are more focusing on the rideability of the bike, on my feeling, and step-by-step we are getting there.”
The Team will stay in Jerez today for an additional day of private testing, where Iannone will have the chance to further test the new configurations and Guintoli will exploit some more kilometres aboard the GSX-RR in preparation for the Le Mans race in two weeks' time.
